Elements of Art Worksheet
Artist's tip (Seven building blocks): Line = a moving dot’s path; shape = flat (2D); form = solid (3D). Colour = hue (red, blue …); texture = how it feels (rough, smooth, furry). Space = the area around and between things; value = light to dark, from white to black.
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- 1.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) from white to black (c) a solid 3D object (d) looks furry or scaly
- 2.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
- 4.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) has height, width, depth (c) only length and width (d) from white to black
- 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) line (d) value
- 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
- 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value
- 8.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) value
- 9.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
- 11.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
- 12.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) value
- 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) colour
- 14.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) texture
- 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a solid 3D object (c) a moving dot’s path (d) looks furry or scaly
- 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) space
- 18.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a sense of near and far (d) can be seen all round
- 21.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
- 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) space
- 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) space
- 24.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a solid 3D object (d) a moving dot’s path
- 25.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) has height, width, depth
- 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a flat 2D area (c) a sense of near and far (d) from white to black
- 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) line
- 29.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a flat 2D area (d) only length and width
- 30.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) can be seen all round (c) a sense of near and far (d) how light or dark it is
- 33.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
- 38.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) space
Answer key
- looks furry or scaly
- True
- 7
- from white to black
- frame
- glue
- easel
- texture
- False
- shape
- value
- texture
- line
- True
- texture
- only length and width
- form
- True
- False
- a flat 2D area
- form
- line
- colour
- a hue, like red or blue
- False
- a long, thin mark
- a sense of near and far
- space
- a moving dot’s path
- True
- False
- can be seen all round
- False
- True
- False
- False
- colour
- False
- False
- space
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